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As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional processes of the member states define the status of territories under their sovereignty. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

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He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer. ↗

— William Proxmire

#knows #lord #pope #prayer #tax

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

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Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that's already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#anymore #been #better #cases #copies

You're following your track, the story, your only plan, your map for the audience, and all the other stuff is, like, the fun stuff: the costumes, the locations, the set-dressing and the actors. They can all be variable as you like if you stick - however roughly - to the path. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

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Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

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I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn't as if I'm only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature. I can be thoroughly nasty when I get going, and I don't pull my punches. ↗

— Helen Suzman

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